Source for tractor tire changing tools?

William Fissell · Dec 21, 2014

Hi,

I need to replace a 12.4-28 tube and I am too stubborn to take it someplace. Plus I need to look at the rim. I do not plan on doing this much. Tire is drained and flat and in the bed of my truck. Got it in there by myself- don't ask.

What do I need to buy to get the tire off the rim and where do I go get them? I plan to break the bead probly by driving over the tire with my truck. Then I need to pry the tire over the rim. I am kinda imagining its like a bike tire but gorilla scale.

thanks in advance for tool suggestions.

Merry Christmas,

Bill

BIG ED · Dec 21, 2014

I was lucky, and picked up mine 1 or 2 at a time at auctions, flea markets, and yard sales.
Most NAPA stores carry KEN TOOL brand, a very good tool.

mmidlam · Dec 21, 2014

Gemplers is a good place for tire tools. I think its much easier to fix a tractor tire when its still mounted on the tractor.
gemplers tractor tire repair.

BANDITFARMER · Dec 21, 2014

TSC carries tire bead hammers as well as tire spoons that's ware I got mine. I would get 1 long handle flat spoon and 1 wavy long handle spoon. You can get by with 2 spoons but 3 is easer to work with, If you get 3 get 2 of the wavy spoons for sure. Bandit

Zachary Hoyt · Dec 21, 2014

I use flat pry bars, pinch bars, whatever term you have for them. 2-3 feet long seems to work best for me. I have done tires from 14.9-38 to 6.00-16. Smaller tires like from a wheelbarrow I use big screwdrivers.
Zach

old · Dec 21, 2014

Send me an e-mail and I will send you the info to do the job. You need two tire bars the longer the better and a tire hammer of some sort a slide hammer is better for a person who doe not know how since it takes no aim to use. I do them all the time but then I did it as a living for years

Bill in IN · Dec 21, 2014

I changed mine on the tractor. Wasn't difficult at all. Your experience might vary. I used a couple of 2' and one 4 foot iron and a 4# beater.

William Fissell · Dec 21, 2014

yeah, if I was smarter I might have, but I need to look at the rim and maybe work on it, and the tractor is hard to move to my garage for several reasons.

mattwillson · Dec 21, 2014

For $25.00 I get sarnia tire to dismount mine, then I service the rim, whether it needs welding or just sandblast and paint. Then for $25.00 I have the tire shop mount the tire back on. My herniated disc's say I ain't doin' that heavy work meself.

William Fissell · Dec 21, 2014

I guess I could try to get a local shop... I'd be surprised if NTB would do it. and most what we have here is chain shops.

Dick L · Dec 21, 2014

Actually before I bought a tire iron I use a crowbar and large screwdrivers after I had the bead broke down.

Dean · Dec 21, 2014

I bought my (2) tire irons from Gemplers and my slide hammer from Northern Tool.

You will need all three.

Dean

60 acre hillside · Dec 22, 2014

Sometimes you need to think simple. When I first started fixing tires I had a couple spring leaves to use for tire irons. Then years later I bought proper tools but they are no better than the spring leaf. I wish I had one of the early ones as they were thinner. Any heavy hammer can work. I like to see a pretty set of tools but sometimes the simple stuff works just fine.

Ultradog MN · Dec 22, 2014

I've always done my own tire work.
I drive on the tire/bead with my pickup to break them down.
Untill I got a decent set of tire irons I just used a couple of wonder bars.
Tire irons are longer so you can get a little more leverage and they are narrower so easier to slip in. But the wonder bars did the job for years.

Dick L · Dec 22, 2014

Wanting, needing, are just words when a job needs to be done and you don't have them. It is best to just get at it with what is around and get on to something else.
Back in 2008 I was reading about all the tools needed on one of these sites. It was a thread about how hard it was to work on tires so I took my camera out and took a few pictures when I needed to patch a tube on a tractor tube. With 40 junk tractors it happened often. Since I spend a lot of time in a wheelchair I now use a forklift to lift the rims and tires to where I can work on them.
Pictures

NEKS · Dec 22, 2014

Never fixed or replaced very many, but always left the rim on tractor. Its my tire machine. You will need a bead breaker of some sort, slide hammer, C Clamp type, or the one you smack with a heavy hammer.

Bill in IL · Dec 22, 2014

Like dean said slide hammer and two spoons. One drop spoon (looks like a flat S) and one straight spoon.

Do yourself a favor and leave the tire on the tractor. I bought tires on rims a year ago and ended up torching the rim apart to get the tire off. It was too difficult with the tire laying down to get it all positioned right.

I am not sure you would be able to break the bead with just your truck sometimes that works most of the times not.

Brian G. NY · Dec 22, 2014

Like you, Dick, I use my tractor for a bead breaker sometimes. I have acquired several tire irons over the years which make the job fairly easy.

Brian G. NY · Dec 22, 2014

I have acquired quite a few tire changing tools over the years and I don't think I have more than $20 in the whole lot. I paid $2 for the bead breaker 30 years ago and I have used it hundreds of times.
I even used it a couple of times to break 12 X 28
tractor tire beads.

mkirsch · Dec 22, 2014

1. Why did you go to all the effort of taking the rim off the tractor and loading it in your truck if you were going to do it yourself? Even the pros prefer to work on tractor tires on the tractor.

2. Driving over it with your truck isn't going to accomplish anything, unless the tire is brand new and hasn't been on there long.

3. If you haven't at least seen it done in person to get an idea of what to do, you are likely going to make a very expensive mistake along the way. That being the cost of a new tube, a new rim, or new teeth. Maybe get someone who has done it before to help?

Dick L · Dec 22, 2014

On tuff ones when we had the dozer and backhoe I have used both at times to break down the beads. The backhoe was the easiest because I could do one side, flip it over and break down the other side without leaving the seat. I had a tuff one at home that the 1650 would not break it loose so I slid it under the trailer frame and loaded the 1650 on the trailer then used a 60 ton bottle jack. I found it took a lot of energy to break down the rusted old hard tires on the tractor and a lot more time than laying them on the ground. I have done dozens of the ones like in your picture but yet to break one down with an opinion.

^D

hd6gtom · Dec 23, 2014

Off the tractor laying down You need a duckbilled tire hammer, a lot of tire slickum, not grease, oil or dish soap, and at least 2-- 36" tire irons. If you are only going to do 1 It Will probably be cheaper to take it to your local farm tire shop. Most tire changing tools can be purchased at your local Family Center or Orschlins or some such farm supply store

brian(MN) · Dec 23, 2014

I have changed a lot of tractor tires myself, and there is a lot of good information here. Since you have the tire off, drain the fluid out and try driving over the tire as close to the rim as possible. That should break the bead. Put the tire/rim back on the tractor and remove the tire. This way you can use the weight of the tire in your favor. It is not that hard, just heavy work. You will need one, (2 is better) long pry bars to get the tire over the rim, at least 30 inches long
farm stores have some tire changing tools, I use tools that dad had picked up at actions over the years. It can be done by yourself, just work smart and have the basic tools.

mab570diesel · Dec 24, 2014

(quoted from post at 11:08:24 12/22/14) Sometimes you need to think simple. When I first started fixing tires I had a couple spring leaves to use for tire irons. Then years later I bought proper tools but they are no better than the spring leaf. I wish I had one of the early ones as they were thinner. Any heavy hammer can work. I like to see a pretty set of tools but sometimes the simple stuff works just fine.

OW here I thought I was the only one to use leaf springs for tire irons(still do).work pretty good though,changed many a tire with'em.

dbNga · Dec 25, 2014

I had to remove one of my 11.2x28 on my 8n after it had been mounted about 10 yrs. I had it laying on the ground and just had two spoons and my sledge hammer. It wasn't too bad but I was in 90+ heat. Once the bead is broken the key is keeping the bead of the backside of tire in the center of the rim so you can lever the bead over the rim. On stubborn/old beads I have used a bottle jack and chain to push the bead off the rim.

rhtx55 · Dec 26, 2014

Look inside the tire, I have known three instances (on one tire) with three different people, leaving three different tire irons inside. Makes for plenty of experience breaking down a tire.
Take it to a professional, at least that way, when THEY do it as well, you get it removed AGAIN for free. Hard on tubes though !!!
Any tools you get, keep track, and COUNT them twice before you air up the tire to set the bead !!

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